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I recently became the owner of an N110, and so far I am loving it. I thought I would post this question here for insight of other users.
I am looking for a router with some good range as my garage is 150-175 feet from my apartment. I live on the west side of the building and the garage is on the east. I would have to go through 3 sheetrock walls and 1 brick wall to get a signal to the garage. I do not have any power in the garage to locate an access point or any other powered items.
I was reading up on how to increase the output power of the router (http://lifehacker.com/178132/hack-attack-turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router) and thought this would help. And indeed it would help the router to reach the garage, but it would not help the N110 get the signal back to the router. I was looking at getting the Intel 5300 or 5350 installed, but I am usure if this would help.
Does anyone have any insight on how well the Sammy can punch through these items with it’s signal? Either stock or upgraded to the 5300 or 5350?
Thanks for any insight.
JD McCutchen
Hi JD, there are a few people on here who have put in different WiFi cards so I hope they can give some feedback.
For what it is worth with my standard NC10 and a basic router I can just about use it out in the garden, but if I go too far towards the end it really does start to struggle. The new house I am moving to has a garage about 100ft from the house ( a big old Victorian property with some big walls – they don’t make ’em like they used to!).
So this might be quite relevant to me once I have moved and so would also be interested in feedback. I understood that N WiFi was better with walls as the signal is actually helped by bouncing around the structures!
Only drawback of NC10 is the range. So using this template:
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2696/windsurferlw5.jpg
and these instructions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUTT8wdN_VA&feature=related
(and some trial and error)… I got about 30 – 40% more distance. Not bad for tin foil and old pizza cartons.
This site has many more methods – just click the pictures:
http://www.usbwifi.orconhosting.net.nz/
Finally – the professionals only use the best. I would love to make it!
Brilliant, and very Heath Robinson
If all else fails, then something like this may provide a solution, located closer to where you will end up.
tonytb, I actually used a couple of the Linksys range extenders when I used Linksys routers, Since switching to the Netgear router, signal quality is quite good without using the extenders.
JD McCutchen, you might be better off really investigating which router will give you the best signal and then follow up with a signal extender. Having a “good” wireless card in your laptop is only part of the solution. Having gone through a number of routers, I think I speak from experience.
Good luck to you and to you also Jez on your new digs and signal requirements.
dockehr
Well the verdict is in…
I bought a Linksys WRT160N and got the desktop wired in and configured the router. I then hooked up the laptop using WPA2 and it works great.
At that point, it was time to take a walk to the garage. Standing just inside the door of the garage I had 2 bars for signal on the laptop!! 2 Bars, needless to say I was impressed.
I kind of wish I would have walked there first as there must be an unsecure router on that side of the building as I was getting Full Bars where I was standing. Needless to say, if I need to tap into it, it will be there if needed unless they figure out how to secure it.
Just thought I would post how the Walmart special of $75 for the WRT160N is.
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